Coronavirus Community Support Fund

Coronavirus Community Support Fund

£200 million worth of grants will be available for organisations who are supporting people and communities experiencing disproportionate challenges and difficulty during the pandemic, and those that provide services and support for vulnerable people and have seen an increase in demand or have lost income. Further funding will be committed and informed by emerging priorities, as the impact of the pandemic on vulnerable groups and charities is understood.

The Fund has two key objectives:

1. To increase community support to vulnerable people affected by the COVID-19 crisis, through the work of civil society organisations.

2. To reduce temporary closures of essential charities and social enterprises, ensuring services for vulnerable people impacted by COVID-19 have the financial resources to operate, and so reduce the burden on public services.

If you are looking for funding, Spark Somerset supported by Somerset County Council, have launched a new Funding Portal. They update it daily with local, regional and national funding information for Somerset’s Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector.